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MOVIES -- 1966

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Concerning the Movie
"MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE"
from 1966....
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I was age 16 back in 1966 attending Andress High School in El Paso, Texas and heard about the WORLD PREMIERE of the movie "Manos: The Hands of Fate" .... there were write-ups about it in the two major papers and coverage on the local TV stations. I did not attend the WORLD PREMIERE, but I checked the newspaper listings and went on a Saturday afternoon.... I thought it was going to be a scary movie, and after about ten minutes or so I started to giggle a little. I noticed others at the downtown El Paso theater were laughing a little too. Well, I can't recall what the exact scene was, but suddenly it was so funny I had tears rolling down my face! The movie was worth the ticket price (probably a Dollar) but I thought I was going to see a scary movie and it turned out to be a comedy. Long before the media called it the worst movie, I knew it was the worst for me even before the movie was over! People were laughing and smiling as they left the movie; and, I and they did not know that years later it would be famous -- but not in a way the cast and crew would have ever envisioned. Seeing the various clips on YOUTUBE and reading the various comments bring back pleasant memories -- yes, pleasant memories of the movie "Manos: The Hands of Fate."

The reaction -- as I recall -- was not all that big. I believe no one in the press voiced anything bad about it since they probably were just happy that some folks in El Paso made a movie!

... two years later (1968), when Jimmy Stewart was in El Paso for the premiere of his movie entitled "Firecreek," the press coverage was a lot better! Jimmy Stewart was a star, the folks in "Manos: The Hands of Fate" were TRYING to be stars.

God Bless all of those -- living and dead -- who were involved with the movie "Manos: The Hands of Fate" back in 1966.....

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